It would be wonderful if we were able to set settings on dynamic playlists in Brightauthor, like you can in a video list. For instance, if we were able to specify to play 1 video, then move on, 2 videos, etc. It would also be helpful if we could tell it to always play the 1st video or 5th video.
Or if you were able to make dynamic playlists compatible with video lists, that would work too.
Brightauthro 4.4 beta lets you specify which index position in a media list you can start from. This is helpful with media lists because in brightauthor 4.4, you can use a standard mrss feed or dynamic playlist to populate a media list or playfile widget. Additionally brightauthor 4.4 beta now supports a generic media list that takes all content types (image, audio, video).
This would help if you wanted to specify the starting position when you enter the media list.
Currently, if you were to use a dynamic playlist to populate a playfile widget, you could use a variable to specify what file inside the playfile widget should play. You can currently use a variable as a trigger for a playlfile widget. So, a timer or some other event would take you to the playfile widget, and with a widget set to key off of a variable value, the value in the variable would be what decides which video inside the playfile widget actually plays.
Hello, along that same line, is it possible to control when the dynamic play list stops? I only want it to play each file once and then return to the previous state.
Sorry, I just realized I can probably use an event handler for this...I'll give it a whirl.
I'm still learning =)
Well, you can use a dynamic playlist to populate a video list or media list widget. You can play just one file in a video list or image list widget, and then return to somewhere else.
Hi Lydon. I want it to play each file in my dynamic playlist, but only once and then return to the previous state. How can I accomplish that?
I created the dynamic playlist on my BSN, and then used it in BrightAuthor for an image list, and an image play file. The image list displays the images, but continuously loops. The image play file will not display the images at all.
My apologies, I just read in my documentation that the Image Play File is not compatible with a Dynamic Play List. So even though it let me select a Dynamic Play List as the file source, this is why it did not display them.
So at this point, all I need to understand is how to make the Image List stop looping through the images.
Lydon, I read about the Media End event, but discovered it is not allowed on an Image List. So I have reverted back to using a Media RSS Feed that uses my Dynamic Play List as it's source. I applied the Media End event to that and it works great.
So the only questions I have left are:
1) Is there a way to control the duration that each image is displayed in this situation?
2) When will transitions be available on Dynamic Play Lists?
While I try to avoid using custom autoruns, this was the fastest way for wanted.
Under the file menu, properties, autorun, you can add this file. It's only for brightauthor 4.6.0.14. I added a change so that when the list counter is reset, it sends a zone message command "list_end". I tested it with image lists on my player and works as expected. IN my brightuathor project, I listen for a zone messag event (lightning bolt) and use it to leave the imagelist when that event is received.
https://www.brightsignnetwork.com/download/Scripts/autoxml46014-imagelistend.brs
Lydon, thank you for doing this! I tested it and the very last image only displays for a split second and then the list_end kicks in. Not sure how to fix that... The only other thing that is a concern is if our client upgrades to the next version on BA...then this wont work anymore?
I'll make a change so that the event's not sent until after the next image timer expires.
Correct. There's a feature request already logged to add a media end or list end for lists. Once that's added, this won't be needed. But, yes, if someone changed to a newer brightauthor, this custom autorun wouldn't work.
I'll also look and see if there's a way to do this with a plugin. My initial look at doing it this way didn't seem trivial, so needed a little more investigation...
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